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00:00I know I'm not supposed to say it because it might mean something but
00:19promise you it doesn't just say it I missed you oh I'm sorry I haven't had a
00:27chance to see you since I got back from my trip yeah you never told me what
00:32that was all about uh you've been busy running glissade
00:37well I'm gonna have a lot of free time going forward because Victor fired me I
00:53am going to have a very light lunch the two croissants you brought me this
01:00morning oh I love them couldn't resist them but enough is enough
01:05well I'm afraid I don't have much of an appetite either why I need to tell you
01:16something and you're not going to like it
01:23hey hello I'll take it this meetup is because you spoke to Victor I tried he
01:34shot me down so I went to Nikki I'm sure she wasn't any more forthcoming
01:41actually she admitted everything she admitted everything does that mean that
01:48I was right Devon I swear please do not say I told you so I promise I won't say
01:55that I'm sure that Victor is not happy that she shares plans with you well I'm
02:03not happy either right now I feel like I want to rip someone's head off
02:49Jack Abbott Diane Abbott can we get these release dates moved up as soon as
02:56we get this product to market the better yes can you send me the artwork for the
03:00new packaging oh and please tell marketing that we're going to have to
03:03come up with a whole new campaign oh you better believe Glissade is gonna be
03:07watching our every move in this rollout no we haven't identified how the product
03:12was stolen we will be doing an internal investigation right now legal is trying
03:16to come up with a cease-and-desist order to keep Glissade from selling
03:19something that belongs to Chabot yes and tell the team how much I appreciate
03:23their hard work I promise it is not all for nothing okay stay in touch
03:32so now we're lying to protect Kyle he's our son
03:46this is really where we are now Jack
04:00surprised you're not at the office it's too beautiful of a day to be stuck
04:06inside plus this view is better than any 4k computer screen so you figured you'd
04:14work remotely see you have the same thought
04:21I cannot believe you're saying you're surprised at how totally awesome I
04:33asked you if you intended to make me CEO of Chancellor once we ousted Billy how
04:42did you know she came to see me because she came to see me right after you
04:46stonewalled her and I told her the truth I mean I I know we had agreed to keep
04:55her in the dark and I'm sure you're very upset with me for telling her but when
05:00she confronted me I didn't feel I had any other choice and frankly I have too
05:05much respect for her to lie to her face
05:11I'm neither surprised nor alarmed you're not I knew you were gonna see her
05:20I'm sweet girl question was when
05:26all of the work and the effort that I've put in a Chancellor yeah no pretty much
05:35turned that whole company around it's like it was bad enough that Billy fired
05:40me but at least he had the decency to look me in the eye and tell me that I
05:45was out it's like Victor was manipulating me and pumping me for
05:50information promising my old job back and the worst part is I went to him with
05:55the plan thinking that I'm two steps ahead of him it's like I'm so naive
06:00naive it's not it's not completely your fault this is mostly on Victor no it is
06:05my fault I trusted Victor Newman I mean I knew I should have gotten something in
06:10writing you know but I let it go because he's telling me how he respects our dad
06:15and how you know he's he's looking out for me told me that dad would be proud
06:20of me Victor would have just kept manipulating me and lying to me if
06:25Nikki hadn't come clean I did things in with Nikki by the way she had the
06:29audacity to offer me a job job what job not the one I was promised I left before
06:36she could even tell me any details I can't believe that Victor actually tried
06:42to pull this off and that he used me to use you it's not okay and it's something
06:49that he's gonna have to answer for I'm sorry and see how much it's hurting
06:57and I know how much effort you put into getting Jill to trust you enough to run
07:01the company over her own son well now Billy is in until Victor pushes him out
07:10honestly neither of them deserve Chancellor I think that what you should
07:14do now is not look back and move on from this and finally come back to
07:20winters that way Nate and I can help you show Nikki and Billy and Victor what a
07:26mistake they made by taking our family company to new heights Victor fired you
07:33seems like Victor's got his hatchet out why did he let go of someone else it's a
07:40bit more complicated but apparently he cut Lily out of some sort of deal they
07:45had yeah she thought she could handle him just like I did
07:52Kyle played a part in this of course he did why didn't you tell me before now I
08:01didn't want to get into it over the phone I keep going back and forth between
08:09being infuriated and feeling humiliated I don't want to dump all that on you
08:15that is what I'm here for that's another reason I didn't call you wouldn't be
08:22able to stop yourself from helping you say that like it's a bad thing I enjoy
08:29being with you Nate I respect you and I find you incredibly attractive it's
08:39definitely not a bad thing and you make me smile sometimes even laugh but if I
08:49brought you this bad news and and you started to offer advice they tried to
08:55fix things then what we have going here would most definitely be over I don't
09:07know what that means but it certainly sounds like an invitation to another
09:09final it's not but when our hands touch just now you pulled back so did you well
09:17we are both on edge over Kyle's betrayal I know I don't want to go into the
09:21office now that Audra has exited Gossard I'm sure every one of our
09:25employees is putting the pieces together and realizing that our son is
09:29responsible for this whole debacle so no I'm gonna sit here and gather my
09:32thoughts you're welcome to join me why would I do that why would I take the
09:38chance of you blaming me for something else
09:42I need to talk to you how soon can you meet we just came from a family session
09:59at Connors Care Center it's like it went well I did it's good yeah it was good
10:07inspiring such a good mood yeah we were talking to Connor about the buttons on
10:13his shirt I know that seems like a little thing well but with OCD the
10:18little things turn into big things he's got this way of buttoning his shirts he
10:24starts with the second button and then does every other button do the bottom
10:28and work his way up Chelsea got him some new dress shirts for school the problem
10:33is I bought shirts that had six buttons okay I'm lost there
10:39how the standard dress shirt has seven months oh there you go
10:44never thought to count them sign shirts or have OCD well Connor counts almost
10:52everything so it was a big change yeah it actually caused a lot of trouble for
10:56him we had was a lot of trouble with the therapist who she was having problems
11:01getting him to use his tools to accept the change we realized that sometimes
11:06you need to accept things as they are so we just we did what we had to do as
11:10parents Chelsea came up with the idea to just add another button there was an
11:16extra button on inside the shirt she did it right there in the office with a
11:20needle and thread she had in her bag it's just a mom thing no I think that
11:26was a Chelsea I'm sorry you know you gotta take the winds where you can get
11:37them so what are you guys doing around here we just bumped into each other it's
11:41a beautiful day to be outside yeah I was just looking for some inspiration I'm
11:45thinking about fall colors as a palette for Marchese I've seen some of your
11:50preliminary designs I think the line is gonna be brilliant thank you
12:00well we should keep going okay good to see you we'll see you
12:06around
12:20what is that gonna get easier apparently not today
12:25oh hey you sounded so upset over the phone shouldn't be at the office what
12:33Michael I'm CEO I can do it I damn well please all right sorry I I wanted to
12:43thank you for being so kind to me the other night and I also don't want you to
12:47get the wrong idea about Jack and me we're fine sure you are we're just we're
12:54just dealing with a stressful situation at Jebeau but we're handling it Diane
13:00we've known each other for a long time and what you're telling me sounds an
13:04awful lot like spin
13:11well can you blame me for any attempt at damage control considering who you work
13:17for I have to wonder if your reaction is sincere I know you'd like everybody
13:24to be on the same page of course I do your page yes of course
13:30Victoria told me how upset you were that she went to Billy to offer to buy
13:35Chancellor out well that is only true until she told me that she committed to
13:43you said you believed in me that I had the ability to run Chancellor sweet I
13:50have always believed in you you told me that you knew that I would tell Lily but
13:55you never once said anything to me about that instead you just let it play out I
14:00allowed you to do whatever the hell you wanted to do without interference why
14:06you upset about that because I would rather talk these things through but we
14:11aren't talking about it now now you said something about Lily she had
14:18already put the pieces together so I didn't see any point in denying what we
14:23were doing I was never comfortable with that aspect of the plan anyway you know
14:28that I just hope that she can get past her anger and stay with the company you
14:36offered her that option I did and what did she say she didn't give me an answer
14:44per se but the look on her face was a hard no so you're going to tell me tell
14:56you what obviously you know exactly how this is going to play out so instead of
15:02leaving me in the dark I want to know what's next I know what it is gonna do
15:08huh let me just say that'll be the beginning of the end of Billy Allen a
15:18chance so what do you think your next move is gonna be will you finally come
15:25back to winters how many times have you asked me in the past few months well
15:30things are a little different now right yeah it is you know and look I really
15:38appreciate the faith that you have in me as an executive and the love that you
15:43show me as my brother but what but I'm not just gonna walk away I'm not gonna
15:50give up without a fight look I understand that you're angry at Victor
16:00for what he did but I don't want you to let your anger dictate your actions
16:05because I'm telling you the last thing you want is to get in the middle of a
16:09war between Victor and Billy you know everyone is acting like this is just
16:15Billy and Victor's fight this is my fight too yeah and you got sucker
16:19punched yeah I did and I've taken a lot of hits for Chancellor but I'm the one
16:24who made it the success that it is today and I will not just be shoved aside I
16:29hear everything you're saying I just wish you would consider taking a step
16:34back and letting those two go at each other no you know what they can fight
16:37over whatever they want to fight over but I'm gonna use the fact they
16:41underestimate me to my advantage are you worried how this is gonna affect
16:46your relationship with Victor I mean yeah we're gonna have to rearrange our
16:52seating at the wedding reception not this is not about me okay if you want to
17:00go after Victor you go after him and you do it with everything that you have
17:03because he deserves it I just want you to be careful that's all I want you to
17:09get hurt again I don't need to be careful Billy and Victor both think that
17:14I'm out so when I hit back they're not gonna see it coming
17:19thank you thanks
17:35I don't blame you for being cautious about showing weakness around Victor but
17:42you and Jack haven't been exactly discreet with your differences yes we
17:47have embarrassed ourselves in public more than once look Michael things
17:54aren't exactly great between me and my husband I mean Jack thinks I'm always
18:01looking for a fight but the truth is he's the one instigating them and and
18:06then if we can somehow manage to be normal with each other any mention of
18:12Kyle just ruins that I am so tired of being cast as the villain in this story
18:23though at times I've cast myself in that role too what story are we talking about
18:31it's no secret that we're suffering a rift with our son yeah to be painful oh
18:37you have no idea Kyle stole Jeboah's latest innovation for Glissade what
18:49well betrayal from a child oh yeah and some people think that Kyle's behavior
18:57is a result of my firing him there's some people Jack I'm beginning to think
19:05he regrets marrying me come on I can't really believe I do I do but you know
19:11what I'm I'm just tired and I'm I'm stressed out and I think everything's
19:15just just getting to me I'm you know what you would you excuse me I'm just
19:21gonna run to the ladies room and I will be right back of course
19:35I'm not gonna offer you advice you certainly don't need fixing I didn't
19:49mean to be so harsh this is just something I need to work out on my own
19:54okay well if you need someone to listen offer silent support
20:04we we've talked about how Glissade was my opportunity to show that I could
20:10stand on my own and to lose it because of Kyle and Victor and not be able to do
20:17anything about it that's hard for me to accept I get it I know you do and you
20:24know this isn't just about the bottom line or coming out on top you care
20:29about the company you want to build it up make it into something when I look
20:37back on my time with Tucker all I have is regrets taking Glissade it was the
20:46only thing that made me feel like it wasn't a complete waste I put in all
20:50those hours and all that hard work and now I have nothing to show for it
21:00Jill hi I'm really sorry to bother you oh you never bother me Lily unlike some
21:07people I could mention well I know you're dealing with treatments but you
21:13look great by the way although I'm sure you're tired I'll tell you what I'm
21:19tired of I'm tired of everybody treating me like some delicate flower I
21:23am much much better well good I'm really I'm really glad to hear that and how
21:29about you tell me all about Abbott Chancellor I still can't get used to
21:36that name honestly Jill I am NOT good and I feel like things are gonna go from
21:44bad to worse at your company what has Billy done now Billy is gonna crash and
21:51burn and when he does he's gonna take Chancellor down with him
21:58that is not what we discussed no I'm gonna need Connor soccer stuff in my
22:05place he's got a game this week I will have someone drop it off you know what
22:13take this no an entire line is tied to this product and we're about to have a
22:25total loss here I want to avoid that at all costs move up the schedule we are
22:31about to lose our first to market advantage call me back Jack everything
22:39okay no everything is not okay is it business or is it personal I appreciate
22:46your interest but honestly there's nothing you can do to help I saw you
22:53walk in with Chelsea can I assume that you are the reason that she and Billy
22:58are taking a break look Joe I don't know how much Billy has told you never mind
23:06you tell me I have absolute faith in your take on things Billy fired me you
23:15don't seem very surprised no I'm not I talked to chance I knew things were
23:23going in a bad direction but I know how fickle my son can be so I just thought
23:29he'd come to his senses and ask you back well he hasn't done either and that does
23:35not make me happy yeah I'm not happy about it either look the only reason I
23:40gave Billy my power was I was in no shape to handle the day-to-day battles I
23:45know Joe which is why I hate burdening you with this but I have been fighting
23:51these battles long before Billy came and I love Chancellor and fighting for it
23:57for you has been my mission and I am very afraid of the moves that Billy is
24:03making firing you and letting chance go yeah and hiring Phyllis Jake hired
24:11Phyllis yes and now it seems like he doesn't even care that Victor is gunning
24:17for the company when you said you wanted to go someplace more private this is not
24:25what I imagine don't look at me look at you
24:36there's absolutely nothing there that needs to be fixed well my miss here is a
24:43little smudged there are a few tears earlier you know that's not what I'm
24:47talking about it's not one day and not even one moment in your life that's been
24:52a waste I don't know everything about you but I do know enough to say you've
24:59got this
25:02now yes these are tough times but you faced other tough times you gave
25:11your dreams on being an artist lost your father lost the baby you've had to
25:19scratch and claw your way to get what men with half your brains and talent had
25:24handed to them these losses these challenges they would have broken most
25:30of us but you they made you cover
25:39you've tried to hide from me keep your guard up but it's like you told me
25:47before I left for my trip I've seen the real you
25:55you have I know you say you're not ready for commitment and that's fine
26:05but I couldn't have done that I couldn't have seen the real you
26:12if you didn't let me
26:17you took a big risk when you did that
26:21losing Glissade yes that has to hurt but you will come back from that the same
26:31way you've come back from any other losses to risk it all again because
26:36that's what you do
26:42you
26:58Jill I'm really really sorry to come to you with all of this don't be you're
27:04showing leadership that's exactly necessary to run a company like
27:08Chancellor in fact it's why I recruited you to work with Billy on Chance Con you
27:15know I've invested a lot in you and I really appreciate that I know you do I
27:21know you do I just wish you'd come to me sooner with this I know it's just that
27:27you know when he fired me I just needed time to process it let me just say this
27:32I apologize on behalf of myself and my family that you have been so badly
27:38treated I promise I'm gonna make it up to you thank you I mean I'm grateful for
27:44that but I do think the company needs to be your top priority right now yeah okay
27:49so your view is that Billy has so mismanaged things at the company that
27:54its whole future is in jeopardy yeah it is
28:00I just can't believe that I've coddled that boy to the point
28:05where he's about to cost me my company
28:10you have been staring at that same expense report since we
28:13sat down you only know that because you haven't looked through your tablet for
28:17more than five seconds
28:21I guess if we wanted to get any work done we should have stayed in our
28:23respective offices okay I am certainly not hiding from Adam
28:27or Chelsea
28:30you know I figured I would have been better at this by now the second time
28:34around
28:36Chelsea cheating on you with Adam
28:40should have saw it coming I mean the way they are together the way they walked in
28:46here talking and you know
28:50about Connor's shirts
28:54oh yeah it was like we weren't even here finishing each other's sentences yeah
28:59Adam and I used to do that
29:02Chelsea and me too
29:05I don't know I mean I hate to say this but maybe they're just meant to be
29:09together which I will never understand because
29:12Chelsea deserves better than Adam that's true
29:18you're gonna defend him after what he did to you
29:22sorry old habits die hard yeah I'm just saying
29:29I don't know maybe we're misreading things
29:33how so well you know maybe Adam and Chelsea
29:38reconnecting really is about Connor and doing what's best for their son
29:44I mean parents coming together to help their their kid through something I
29:47understand I've been there but this this feels different
29:51yeah I mean you knew something was wrong long before I did
29:55yeah well leave it to me to jump right to the worst case scenario
29:59well I think I'm way ahead of you on this one because really
30:02yeah because when I see Adam and Chelsea I see
30:05something that's unbreakable so for me
30:12there's no going back yeah I don't think I could ever be with
30:17Chelsea again but I'm having a hard time letting go
30:25that's a rough place to be constant purgatory
30:31wish I was where you are on this
30:37he'll get there
30:40you
30:44Chelsea and I are not proud of how we hurt Billy and Sally
30:51you know we got closer because of Connor and now Connor is home
30:59he's where he belongs you know he still has doctor sessions
31:04every day he's concentrating on the tools to help
31:07him manage his OCD and and regulate it you know he's a kid
31:13he's got all this going on he needs his parents to be on the same page and now
31:16I'm sorry for how things went down but I'm sure
31:21as hell I can apologize for being close to his mom
31:23the way you and Chelsea handled his diagnosis and his treatment
31:27is admirable
31:30thank you for saying that I wish there was an easy remedy out there that I could
31:35help my own son things are still pretty bad with Kyle
31:39he's determined to blow his life up and blasting anyone
31:42who cautions him against it I did not appreciate the role of a father
31:48until I became one
31:52well you grew up not really knowing Victor
31:56well it took me a while to see that Victor wanted what's best for me
32:01as he sees it Jack look I I know that you guys hate each
32:06other's cuts well now there would be an understatement wouldn't it
32:10you both love your sons even if sometimes we both have our reasons for
32:15doubting that my dad taught me a lot about being a dad
32:20gave me valuable tools to use and was a difficult task
32:25but after all these years I just wish I was better at it
32:30I guess you always wish that huh it's hard
32:37but it's worth it you know Connor has taught me that
32:42that the worry the anguish the heartache and the love
32:48it means something
32:52thank you for reminding me of that
32:56Connor's gonna be okay
32:59right now he won't be
33:03what about Kyle I don't know it may be too late Diane and I
33:10may have already lost our son
33:15excuse me Michael and I were having a private conversation don't you have any
33:20friends of your own
33:24I just came by to extend my sympathies you know
33:27I'm watching the rapid but inevitable dissolution
33:31of your marriage to your big love Jack I guess he's seeing through your charade
33:39to what really drives you and what is that greed okay there's no
33:44point in going on like this I could just order us
33:47so this whole story about you coming back from the dead
33:50to resurrect your love for your family it's all bull came back for money and
33:58power didn't you you know all about that don't you you
34:02bet but I still have friends your friends all fear you
34:08and Jack does love me so does Kyle you know that warms the coffers of my
34:13heart really
34:18so I know that your whole facade of happiness
34:25is just that the facade and I'm beginning to see the cracks
34:32it'll be the end of your marriage and you will lose
34:35everything
34:38you
34:42expense report done I got some photos of the fall leaves for
34:47my palette
34:51you know change can be good
34:57yeah Chancellor is now Abbott Chancellor
35:04what else is changing I got a new place really yeah
35:12I know you're focused on fashion but what about throwing a little interior
35:15design back in the mix you don't trust yourself to pick out
35:18your own couch no no not at all the last time I did any
35:22sort of interior decor it was the chance the mansion didn't go
35:26so well my mom changed it back to exactly the way it was before
35:30well that is also something that is different she'll now trust you enough to
35:34run her company yeah I feel a lot more confident running
35:39a multinational corporation than I do deciding between chintz and chintzy
35:45you need help I need a lot of help
35:50what do you say
35:53it's a blank slate
35:57completely fresh start
36:01sure why not it'll be fun
36:08well I guess it's time to face the music are you talking about me or are you
36:13talking about you no I gotta get to the office and handle a few
36:17issues hey good talking to you one father to another I know that you
36:23will never give up on your son same way I would never give up on mine
36:31is jack okay he seemed a little intense
36:37uh he will be
36:43and so will we
36:47you know I only stepped back from chancellor because my health
36:52but now my treatments are going very very well
36:55and I will be damned if I went through all that hell to get better
37:00just so my son could stress me to the point
37:03where it kills me look jill nobody wants that I can handle this okay I will
37:09figure it out I promise no no my son is clearly
37:15out of control and I am the only one who could put him in his place
37:26Michael thank you for being here for supporting me as my friend
37:32you're welcome and as your friend I am begging you
37:36to go back to the DA's office to find something less soul-sucking
37:40than working for this man you know something I remember the time
37:44when you were desperate for my support oh that was a really really long time
37:48ago thank god it was
37:51you just couldn't help yourself could you
37:59I could be witnessing the dissolution of a marriage
38:05in Jack Abbott and Diane Jenkins makes me happy
38:13chair war will fall apart and the Abbott's will be humiliated
38:20so my plan is working out